Name: | GLENROSS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 06/07/1925 |
Completed: | 08/1925 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1275 |
Dimensions: | 2309grt, 248.1 x 43.7 x 22.9ft; (1925: 3219grt, 343.1ft); (1939: 2357grt, 248.1ft) |
Engines: | T3cyl (18, 30 & 49 x 36ins), 185nhp |
Engines by: | MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | 148134 |
History: | |
08/1925 | Great Lakes Transportation Co Ltd, Midland, Ontario |
1927 | Canada Steamships Lines Ltd, Newcastle & Midland |
1941 | Renamed BATTLEFORD |
1967 | Bahamas Package Carriers Ltd (NE Roberts), Nassau |
1967 | Renamed REAL GOLD |
1971 | Antilles Line Ltd (Ship Sales Corp, Miami), Nassau |
10/1974 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1925: Lengthened to 343.1ft by Collingwood Shipbuilders after entering the Great Lakes |
1939: Shortened to canal dimensions of 248.1 ft, due to unsatisfactory speed | |
1971: Laid up at Key West with boiler damage | |
10/1974: Broken up at Tampico by Laminadora Kreimermann SA |
Above photo as BATTLEFORD copyright of JH Bascom
Above photo as BATTLEFORD copyright of Fred Miller II